State's Electric Chair Ends as West Virginia Abolishes Death Penalty
West Virginia abolishes capital punishment with the House vote 63-37 and Senate 18-16. The electric chair at Moundsville will become a relic. one inmate Ernest Stevenson awaits possible new trial and life sentence under the new law. The bill replaces executions with life terms for first degree murder kidnapping and rape with parole options after set periods. Other states cited in the debate are Indiana Iowa Alaska Hawaii Maine Michigan Minnesota Oregon Rhode Island Wisconsin North Dakota and Ohio looming potential changes.
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George Hanna Charleston
Virginia
Moundsville
House
Senate
Ernest Stevenson
Cabell County
Huntington
Louise Davis
Stevenson
West Virginia
Indiana
Iowa
Alaska
Hawaii
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Oregon
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Kentucky
Ohio
Pri
Light Elected Class Treasurer At UNC
Jim Light of Bluefield has been elected permanent treasurer of the 1965 class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This official post names Light as class treasurer for the forthcoming year and reflects the university election outcome.
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Light
UNC
Jim Light
Bluefield
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
N. C
Gravity and heart strain after spaceflight observed
Astronauts recovered from weightlessness show blood pooling on standing with potential faintness. Parachute deployment and attitude shift restored upright circulation. no loss of consciousness. Officials note possible lazy heart signs like higher standing heart rate and lower blood pressure under study.
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Earth
Berry
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Classified Rates and Mailing Info
The notice lists subscription and mailing rates for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. It notes carrier, daily and Sunday delivery terms, and annual mail pricing for West Virginia and other zones, with mention of the Associated Press and audit bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Every Margins Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. V
Associated Press
Ieee
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of
Sem
Tazewell Unit Seeks Director For Community Action Posts
Tazewell County Development Corporation seeks a director of community action plus an assistant director and two clerk typists. Applicants for the director should have a college degree in sociology preferred, with coordination and administrative能力, and concern for the poor. Applications available by mail. committee members listed for information.
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Tazewell County
Development Corporation
Community Action
Office of Economic Opportunity
Tazewell
Senate backs OAS role in Latin American military aid
The Senate unanimously approves an amendment to a 3.25 billion foreign aid bill to let the OAS use 25 million of 55 million for inter-American military purposes on a cost sharing basis. The rest would be spent per OAS joint plans. The change needs House approval and the administration hasn't taken a position.
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Washington
Senate
Organization of American States
U.S
OAS
Dean Rusk
Bluefield cruiser and limestone truck crash under Virginia Avenue underpass
A Bluefield Virginia police cruiser and a Limestone Dust Corp truck collided at an underpass on Virginia Avenue and Route 19 460 in Bluefield. Damage totaled about 950 with the cruiser roughly 650 and the truck 300. The truck driver Bob French was named. Slippery roads and a narrow underpass cited. no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield, Va
Limestone Dust Corporation
Bluefield
George Asbury
Virginia Avenue
Rt. 19-460
McHugh Adjustment Bureau
Bob French
St Paul Mayor and six council members win in Wise County
In Wise County Virginia the town of St Paul reelects Mayor Holland K. Fletcher unopposed with 183 votes. Incumbent council members Eugene D. Stewart, David Stanton, Cecil E. Hall, Harry S. Deen, E. G. Fraley, and S. Johnson win re election with votes ranging from 147 to 166. Defeated were Constance Cain with 93 votes and Anthony F. Distefano with 54.
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St. Paul’s
Wise County
Holland K. Fletcher
Eugene D. Stewart
David Stanton
Cecil E. Hall
Harry S. Deen
E. G. Fraley
S. ¥. Johnson
Constance Cain
Anthony F. Distefano
Church Named To Civil Service Post
John W. Church of 616 Albemarle Street Bluefield was named as Mercer Lodge 80 Fraternal Order of Police representative on the Bluefield Police Civil Service Commission. The N and W Railway night yardmaster replaces Dr. David Bell. other members are Attorney Frank Smoot and Randel Bond.
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John W. Church
Albemarle St
Bluefield
Mercer Lodge
Fraternal Order of Police
Police Civil Service Commission of
Church
Norfolk and Western Railway
FCP
David Bell
Frank Smoot
Randel Bond
Two Huntington Men Found Guilty Of Pep Pill Sales
In Cabell County Common Pleas Court Cecil Johnson aged 44 and Duane Gordon Temple aged 22 were found guilty of illegal sale of barbiturates. A jury delivered the verdicts in separate trials and Judge Ernest Winters set July 2 to hear motions for new trials. The incidents involve alleged pep pill sales last October.
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Huntington (Ap
Huntington
Cabell County Common Pleas Court
Cecil Johnson
Duane Gordon Temple
Ernest Winters
Moscow Fans Welcome Van Cliburn Homeward Night
A near hysterical Moscow crowd applauded and showered flowers on American pianist Van Cliburn as he returned to the stage for a Moscow concert Tuesday night.
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Moscow
van Cliburn
Grads Warned Of Inhumanity At Princeton High Commencement
Dr Harvey Rice, Princeton High School class of 1925 graduate and MacAlester College president, urged 276 seniors to pursue clear thinking and mind liberation to combat mans inhumanity to man. Ronald Cyphers, valedictorian, led the address as diplomas were handed by Assistant Principal Harvey and Mrs. Martin.
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Princeton High School
Harvey Rice
Princeton
MacAlester College
St. Paul, Minn
Ronald Malcolm Cyphers
Princeton High Choir
R. Howard Harvey
Riccardo Martin
Federal Grant Aims to Save Appalachian Hospitals
The Office of Economic Opportunity announced a 1.2 million dollar grant to the Appalachian Regional Commission to support ten Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia hospitals. The grant funds a plan and operating aid through Appalachian Regional Hospitals Inc of Lexington Kentucky with federal oversight and up to 50 thousand spent on research and planning for an Appalachian timber program.
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Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
Appalachian Regional Commission
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
United Mince Workers Union
Presbyterian Church
Appalachian Regional Hospitals Inc
Lexington
John Sweeney
Appalachia
Pavilion Doing Well At World's Fair
West Virginia Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair attracts more visitors and sales than last year. Pavilion director Julius Singleton notes attendance rose from about 4 percent to 12 to 15 percent of fairgoers visiting the state exhibit.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Julius Singleton
Bargaining Vote Ordered By NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a collective bargaining election for 40 West Virginia employees of R. H. Burns Co Inc and related firms. The vote, set for June 17 in Nallen and Hillsboro, W V, will determine representation by Chaffeurs, Teamsters and Helpers Local 175 affiliated with the Teamsters Union.
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Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
West Virginia
R. H. Burns Co. Inc
Ralph Burns Paving, Inc
B. & B. Asphalt Products Co., Inc
Ralph H. Burns & Son, Inc
Nallen
Hillsboro
W.va
Teamsters and Helpers Local 175
Teamsters’ Union
Petition filed against Tazewell High School conversion
A petition contesting the plan to convert Tazewell County High School in Bluefield Virginia to a junior high will be presented to the county Board of Education. The group plans to meet with board members during the June session and cites about 1200 names supporting the protest.
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Tazewell County High School
Bluefield
County Board of Education
Tazewell
Christian
Howard Dean
Time Finance Co
John Kahle
Appalachian Power Co
Donald
Jack) Wysor
Wysor Electric Co
John Kersey
Kersy Manufacturing
W. N. Lambert
Donald Harris
Graham Jewelry
Warren Frye
Tom Metcalfe
Olin Austin
Sealy Mattress Co
David Bowles
State Farm Insurance
Frank DeNardo
Central TV
Lon E. Yates
Garst Truck Lines
Robert Chapman
Bank of Tazewell County
Clint Lewis
A&p
Bill Yost
Norfolk and Western Railway
John Biggs III
Equitable Life Insurance
Jim Barnett
Sinclair Refining Co
VA Hospitals Plan Revised Amid Closings Debate
The Veterans Administration will keep five of 11 planned hospital closings and two of four rest homes as ordered by President Johnson following a committee review. Eight regional offices will remain, with consolidations to ensure at least one office per state. Six hospitals to close include Dwight Illinois and Rutland Heights Massachusetts among others. rest homes at Thomasville Georgia and Clinton Iowa. Officials say savings rise above 10 million yearly and that hospital locations may align with medical schools, amid ongoing reviews and potential reshuffling into next year.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Johnson
House Veterans Affairs Committee
William J. Driver
Olin Teague
D-Tex
White House
Dwight, Ill
Rutland Heights
Mass
Fort Bayard
N.M
Broadview Heights
Brecksville
Ohio
Sunmount
N.Y
McKinney
Tex
Thomasville
Clinton
Iowa
Driver
Prettyman
Congress
Unveiling Plans For Tazewell Portraits Of Peery And Buchanan
Plans to unveil portraits of former Governor George C. Peery and Justice A C Buchanan were outlined in Tazewell Virginia with Governor Albertis S Harrison as lead speaker. The event at the Tazewell County Courthouse will follow final committee meetings led by M Crockett Hughes as dinner plans and details are confirmed.
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Tazewell
George C. Peery
A. C. Buchanan
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Tazewell County
Virginia
Albertis S. Harrison
M. Crockett Hughes
Bluefield
A. C. Buchanan III
Abingdon
Harrison
Mills Godwin
Robert Y. Button
State Supreme Court
Lewis Silvert
Richmond
Bar
Buchanan
Russell
Smyth
Bland
Wise Countians
Dale Chritian
Carl C. Gillespie Jr
Welch Woman Hannah Grace Beavers Dies After Illness
Miss Hannah Grace Beavers 78 of Welch died in a Welch hospital Tuesday morning after a lingering illness. She was the last survivor of 13 siblings, daughter of Jack and Susan Lambert Beavers, and a member of Assembly of God Church. Funeral conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with Rev. Spence and Rev. Sargent presiding. Burial in Green Hills Memory Garden Claypool Hill. Body to lie in state at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home after 10 a.m. today.
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Rodella Ann Radford
Oakvale Road
Princeton
Joe
Mary Gillespie
Virginia
Lee F. Radford
Lula Shufflebarger
Ester Farmer
Crab Orchard
Gladys Woods
Lee Radford
Coopersville
Mich
Theodore
Walter Radford
Dolly Wall
Narrows
Church of the Living God
Athens Road
John Asbury
Jackie Day
Seaver Mortuary
Hannah Grace Beavers
Welch
Welch Hospital
English
Jack
Susan Lambert Beavers
Assembly of God Church
Hurst-Scott
Richlands
Russell Spence
Junior Sargent
Green Hills
Clay Pool Hill
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Infant Stillborn in Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Dale Wayne Burwell infant son of Harry Granville and Pauline Bradley Burwell of Pickaway was stillborn Tuesday at 1 p.m. Surviving include one brother, Larry, maternal grandfather E. M. Bradley of Willow Bend and maternal grandmother Mrs. Harry Burwell of Pickaway. Graveside rites follow Wednesday at 2 p.m. Lebanon Cemetery near Pickaway with Rev. D. C. Craft. Broyles Funeral Home in Union handling arrangements. John Fannin 58 of Coalwood died Tuesday afternoon in a Welch hospital, heart attack. Body taken to Fanning Funeral Home of Welch pending funeral plans.
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Dale Wayne Burwell
Harry Granville
Pauline Bradley Burwell
Pickaway
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Larry
E. M. Bradley
Willow Bend
Harry Burwell
Lebanon Cemetery
Rev
D. C. Craft
John Fannin
Coalwood
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Funerals Held for Dr. Charles T. St Clair Jr and Mamie B. Pearis
Funeral services were held for Dr. Charles T. St Clair Jr of 710 Spring Garden Drive Bluefield at 1 30 p m today at Mercer Funeral Chapel Bluefield with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Mrs Mamie B Pearis of Beckley formerly of Bluefield died Wednesday with services at John Stewart Methodist Church and burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home of Bluefield handled arrangements.
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Pearis
Mamie B
Beckley
Bluefield
John Stewart Methodist Church
Clarence W. Tiffany
James L. Moon
Oak Grove
Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Copper Nickel Coins Okayed by House Banking Panel
The House Banking and Currency Committee backed eliminating silver from U S coins. It approved a copper nickel sandwich half dollar and similarly constructed quarters and dimes, with a five year halt on silver dollars. President Johnson favored keeping silver in the 50 cent piece at reduced levels.
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Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
U. S
Johnson
Treasury
Wright Patman
Dtex
House
John Goldfarb Film Banned in Jordan Amid Controversy
The American film John Goldfarb Please Come Home has been banned in Amman for allegedly harming Arab reputation and promoting Zionist propaganda. A French film about slave trading with Middle East focus was also banned.
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Amman
Jordan
John Goldfarb
Mideast
Bluefield Named All-America City Steps May Be Underway
Bluefield is set to celebrate becoming an All-America City with a June 16 rally at Mitchell Stadium. Vice President Hubert Humphrey will headline the event alongside civic leaders, while 35 committees coordinate events and a TV program airing at 8 30 p m on WHIS TV details were confirmed by Humphrey’s office.
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Bluefield
Mitchell Stadium
Hubert 4. Humphrey
Humphrey
Whis-Tv
Granada Theater
Camp-O-Bee Provides Hands On Scout Skill Demos
The Bluefield District Boy Scouts of America will hold Camp-O-Bee at Camp Roland near Bastian Virginia June 11 to 13. Demonstrations cover rope tying map reading firearms safety first aid campcraft woodlore forestry and fire building led by named instructors and supported by local troops and churches.
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Bluefield
Boy Scouts of America
Jack L. Lewis
Appalachian Council Inc
Lewis
Camp Roland
Bastian
Bland County
Harry Turner
Bluefield Lions Club
George R. Nicholls
Henry Webb
Erwin C. Browning
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
First Christian Church
Kent Allen
Church of the Nazarene
Woodlore
Robert Snelling
Pocahontas Land Company
J. K. White
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